Trump signs executive order that will upend US voter registration processes
by Joseph Gedeon in Washington and Sam Levine in New from US news | The Guardian on (#6W5VX)
Millions of citizens could become disenfranchised in farthest reaching' executive action targeting immigration
Donald Trump has signed a far-reaching executive order that promises to fundamentally disrupt American voter registration processes, introducing measures so restrictive they could in effect disenfranchise millions of citizens if enacted.
Described by Will Scharf, the White House staff secretary, on Tuesday as the farthest reaching executive action taken" in the nation's history, the order represents the latest in a long list of assaults against immigration, but also on current voting systems.
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